From: yvon.thoravallist@... (Yvon Thoraval)
Date: 2003-09-22T00:47:17+09:00
Subject: [newbie] string pattern instead of regexp

I'm doing some experiment using the "rubyguide" giving this script :

#!/usr/bin/ruby
# regex.rb
# Requires an ANSI terminal!

st = "\033[7m"
en = "\033[m"

while TRUE
  print "str> "
  STDOUT.flush
  str = gets
  break if not str
  str.chop!
  print "pat> "
  STDOUT.flush
  re = gets
  break if not re
  re.chop!
  str.gsub! re, "#{st}\\&#{en}"
  print str, "\n"
end

print "\n"


when trying it i get the following warning :

pp:~/Applications/Ruby/Tutorial> ruby regex.rb
str> foobar
pat> ^fo+
regex.rb:19: warning: string pattern instead of regexp; metacharacters
no longer effective
foobar
str> abc012dbcd555
pat> \d
regex.rb:19: warning: string pattern instead of regexp; metacharacters
no longer effective
abc012dbcd555


does that means my term isn't an ANSI one or the syntax as changed ?
tuto is mostly from v 1.4 and i'm using v1.8 under MacOS X.2.6
-- 
Yvon